Accounting divides your company assets into two classes: current and long-term. Current assets include cash and anything you use up or convert to cash over the next 12 months. Typical examples are ...

Most businesses carry long-term and short-term debt, both of which are recorded as liabilities on a company's balance sheet. Business debt is typically categorized as operating versus financing.

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